NBC Pulls ‘1600 Penn’ Next Week In Favor Of An Hour Long ‘The Office’

NBC has issued a press release with an update to their current schedule in which they have pulled next week’s new episode of ‘1600 Penn’ and replaced it with a bonus episode of ‘The Office’. NBC hasn’t commented on whether this is simply a one week occurrence or if ‘1600 Penn’ is in danger of being pulled permanently. Continue on after the jump to check out the full press release.

Immediately below you can check out the full press release from NBC regarding this ‘update’ to their schedule thanks to tvbythenumbers.

An underage girl disappears after following her older sister to a college party in Manhattan. The SVU detectives mobilize to recover the Missing girl but find themselves thwarted by a high-tech kidnapper using the internet to cover his tracks. As the case hits a dead end, DA Barba (guest star Raul Esparza) returns with some unlikely help. Meanwhile, Rollins (Giddish) is distracted by the sudden appearance of her very troubled sister (guest star Pulsipher). Also starring Mariska Hargitay (Detective Olivia Benson), Ice-T (Detective Odafin Tutuola), Dann Florek (Captain Donald Cragen) and Danny Pino (Detective Nick Amaro).

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“Parks and Recreation”

(X) “LESLIE AND BEN / CORRESPONDENTS’ LUNCH”

02/21/2013 (08:30PM – 09:31PM) (Thursday) :

Joanne Park

“LAW & ORDER: Special Victims Unit”

(X) “DREAMS DEFERRED”

02/21/2013 (10:01PM – 11:00PM) (Thursday) : THE Special Victims Unit JOINS THE FBI IN A MANHUNT WHEN A PROSTITUTE (GUEST STAR PATRICIA ARQUETTE) FROM ONE OF DETECTIVE BENSON’S (MARISKA HARGITAY) OLD CASES PROVES CRUCIAL TO APPREHENDING A KILLER. JASON GEDRICK AND ANNE MEARA ALSO GUEST STAR.

When a man goes on a killing rampage through New York, the lead FBI agent (guest star Gedrick) calls upon the SVU to get information from the suspect’s last known contact – a prostitute (guest star Arquette) who had been involved in one of Benson’s (Hargitay) old cases. As the detectives work with her to track down the killer, they find themselves drawn into her world and must fight to save her life. Also starring Ice-T (Detective Odafin Tutuola), Dann Florek (Captain Donald Cragen), Danny Pino (Detective Nick Amaro) and Kelli Giddish (Detective Amanda Rollins.) Also guest starring Gbenga Akinnagbe and P.J. Brown.